The race for governor in Georgia will be one of the most widely watched in the country, after contentious, accusation-filled campaigns and a potentially historic outcome in the balance.Gov. Nathan Deal, Georgia's popular, longtime governor, cannot seek a third term. Republicans are betting on Georgia’s secretary of state, Brian Kemp, to take the seat. Stacy Abrams, minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, is the Democratic choice.Abrams has already made history as the first black female gubernatorial candidate from a major party in the United States. If she were to win, she would be the state's first black female governor.The race first got national attention after claims emerged that Kemp had suppressed voter access by putting 53,000 registered voters -- mostly black -- on hold, with a strict interpretation of a signature-match law for absentee ballots. A federal judge sided with the American Civil Liberties Union and issued a temporary restraining order to prohibit election officials from rejecting absentee ballots due to mismatched signatures.The Hill reported that Abrams and Oprah Winfrey were the targets of a racist robocall Friday, allegedly funded by a white supremacist group. The robocaller impersonates Oprah, saying: "This is the magical negro, Oprah Winfrey, asking you to make my fellow negress, Stacey Abrams, the governor of Georgia. "Years ago, the Jews who own the American media saw something in me -- the ability to trick dumb white women into thinking I was like them. I see that same potential in Stacey Abrams."The robocall compares Abrams to a "poor man's Aunt Jemimah" who "white women can be tricked into voting for, especially the fat ones."Kemp emailed a statement to The Hill regarding the robocall, saying it was “vile, racist and absolutely disgusting.”"I stand against any person or organization that peddles this type of unbridled hate and unapologetic bigotry," he said.Abrams' campaign hit back at Kemp in its statement.Abrams campaign spokeswoman Abigail Collazo said in the statement, "These automated calls are being sent into homes just days before President Trump arrives, reminding voters exactly who is promoting a political climate that celebrates this kind of vile, poisonous thinking.”Abrams responded Monday to a last-minute curve ball from Kemp, who alleged Democrats tried to hack the voting system. The allegation was made just as reports emerged of a vulnerability in the system that Kemp controls as secretary of state. An attorney for election-security advocates suing Kemp in his role as Georgia's chief elections officer notified the FBI and Kemp's office on Saturday that a private citizen alerted him to what could be a major flaw in the database used to check in voters at the polls. Independent computer scientists told The Associated Press the flaw enables anyone with access to an individual voter's personal information to alter that voter's recordAbrams said Monday morning she believes Kemp "cooked up the charge."She said Kemp has once again "left the personal information of six million voters vulnerable. This has happened twice before.""This is another failure of his leadership, and he recognizes that if he got caught two days before the election having exposed so many Georgians he would lose, so he did what he always does always, blame someone else for his mistakes," Abrams said.President Donald Trump has vigorously supported Kemp."I need you to get your family, to get your friends, get your neighbors, get your co-workers and go out and vote Republican," he said.The president has harshly criticized Abrams."She'll make your jobs disappear like magic," he said.Abrams has strongly encouraged voters to get to the polls, believing undecided and independent voters will cast ballots in her favor.“One of the most important elections of our lives is tomorrow,” Abrams tweeted. “We cannot afford to be tired or cynical. The cost is too great to let someone else write our story or erase our progress. It is time to step up, to knock on every door, and to earn every vote.”The Associated Press contributed to this article.

The race for governor in Georgia will be one of the most widely watched in the country, after contentious, accusation-filled campaigns and a potentially historic outcome in the balance.

Gov. Nathan Deal, Georgia's popular, longtime governor, cannot seek a third term. Republicans are betting on Georgia’s secretary of state, Brian Kemp, to take the seat. Stacy Abrams, minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, is the Democratic choice.

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Abrams has already made history as the first black female gubernatorial candidate from a major party in the United States. If she were to win, she would be the state's first black female governor.

The race first got national attention after claims emerged that Kemp had suppressed voter access by putting 53,000 registered voters -- mostly black -- on hold, with a strict interpretation of a signature-match law for absentee ballots.

A federal judge sided with the American Civil Liberties Union and issued a temporary restraining order to prohibit election officials from rejecting absentee ballots due to mismatched signatures.

The Hill reported that Abrams and Oprah Winfrey were the targets of a racist robocall Friday, allegedly funded by a white supremacist group. The robocaller impersonates Oprah, saying: "This is the magical negro, Oprah Winfrey, asking you to make my fellow negress, Stacey Abrams, the governor of Georgia.

"Years ago, the Jews who own the American media saw something in me -- the ability to trick dumb white women into thinking I was like them. I see that same potential in Stacey Abrams."

The robocall compares Abrams to a "poor man's Aunt Jemimah" who "white women can be tricked into voting for, especially the fat ones."

Kemp emailed a statement to The Hill regarding the robocall, saying it was “vile, racist and absolutely disgusting.”

"I stand against any person or organization that peddles this type of unbridled hate and unapologetic bigotry," he said.

Abrams' campaign hit back at Kemp in its statement.

Abrams campaign spokeswoman Abigail Collazo said in the statement, "These automated calls are being sent into homes just days before President Trump arrives, reminding voters exactly who is promoting a political climate that celebrates this kind of vile, poisonous thinking.”

Abrams responded Monday to a last-minute curve ball from Kemp, who alleged Democrats tried to hack the voting system. The allegation was made just as reports emerged of a vulnerability in the system that Kemp controls as secretary of state.

An attorney for election-security advocates suing Kemp in his role as Georgia's chief elections officer notified the FBI and Kemp's office on Saturday that a private citizen alerted him to what could be a major flaw in the database used to check in voters at the polls.

Independent computer scientists told The Associated Press the flaw enables anyone with access to an individual voter's personal information to alter that voter's record

Abrams said Monday morning she believes Kemp "cooked up the charge."

She said Kemp has once again "left the personal information of six million voters vulnerable. This has happened twice before."

"This is another failure of his leadership, and he recognizes that if he got caught two days before the election having exposed so many Georgians he would lose, so he did what he always does always, blame someone else for his mistakes," Abrams said.

President Donald Trump has vigorously supported Kemp.

"I need you to get your family, to get your friends, get your neighbors, get your co-workers and go out and vote Republican," he said.

The president has harshly criticized Abrams.

"She'll make your jobs disappear like magic," he said.

Abrams has strongly encouraged voters to get to the polls, believing undecided and independent voters will cast ballots in her favor.

“One of the most important elections of our lives is tomorrow,” Abrams tweeted. “We cannot afford to be tired or cynical. The cost is too great to let someone else write our story or erase our progress. It is time to step up, to knock on every door, and to earn every vote.”